As students prepare to return to school, parents, teachers and politicians are arguing over the teaching of United States history.
Thomas J. Reese
Thomas J. Reese is a Jesuit priest and longtime journalist who formerly edited America, a Catholic journal of opinion published by the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits. Founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus is a religious order of clerics noted for its emphasis on education, social justice and human rights. Pope Francis is a Jesuit.
The Prophet Isaiah had strong views about political issues of his day, and his words, which Catholics and others who use the Common Lectionary read over the four Sundays of Advent, are impossible to hear without applying them to politics today.
